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Narrative intentions — listening to life stories in Alzheimer's disease
Author(s)	Paula M Usita, Ira E Hyman Jr, Keith C Herman
Journal title	Journal of Aging Studies, vol 12, no 2, Summer 1998
Pages	pp 185-198
Keywords	Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Listening ; United States of America.
Annotation	People with Alzheimer's disease (AD) experience progressive memory and language losses. To assess how these losses influence the ability to share a personal narrative, the authors listened to the narratives of six people with AD, and six without cognitive losses. Narratives of those with AD were less chronologically organised, included repetitions, omitted salient events, and contained fewer detailed descriptions than those of comparison group participants. In addition, most members of the AD group, and no members of the comparison group, sought assistance during the narrative task. Most significantly, those with AD were willing and able to complete the assignment; their assets and limitations as narrators of the self are described. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990126208 A
Classmark	EA: DB: UOA: 7T
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